UNC-Chapel Hill could be sued over Silent Sam

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A New York-based law firm representing 12
students and a professor at North Carolina's flagship public
university is pressing the school to remove a Confederate soldier statue.

An attorney wrote Wednesday to University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill officials contending the 1913 statue nicknamed
"Silent Sam'' violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

The warning comes from Hampton Dellinger, a Durham attorney with the
firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner on behalf of the students, the
professor and the Black Law Students Association.

The school's top attorney and campus spokesmen did not respond to
questions seeking comment. Chancellor Carol Folt has said the school
lacks the legal authority to act because of a 2015 state law that
prevents removing or altering a public monument.